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Catalog of Resources for Guest Speakers


Attorneys
  • Civil litigation
  • rights of the accused
  • jury selection
  • contracts
  • prosecution (district attorney)
  • law as a career (brief)
  • estate planning (wills)
  • Criminal law vs. Civil law
  • preparation of defense
  • real estate law
  • plea bargaining
  • consumer protection law
  • death penalty
Dutchess County Bar Association

Judges
  • family court
  • court system & jurisdiction
  • career
  • current cases
  • DWI & Effects
Dutchess County, NY State, local

Police
  • drugs
  • profession
  • gun control
  • traffic control & DWI
  • investigative techniques
  • dispatching & communications
  • arrest procedures
  • juvenile vs. adult law
  • emergency services - scuba divers
Town of Poughkeepsie
City of Poughkeepsie
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
NYS Troopers Millbrook Barracks
Military Police
Dutchess County Sheriff's Department

Postal Inspectors
  • profession
  • jurisdiction
  • techniques
check with local post office - Federal Job

Parole
  • restrictions and how the system works
  • rehabilitation
New York State Division of Parole

Prison Personnel
  • corrections officers
  • procedures
  • punishment
  • rehabilitation
  • overcrowding
  • volunteer workers
  • programs
NY State Prison or Dutchess County Jail
 Private Investigators
  • techniques
  • purposes
  • career

Fireman
  • profession
  • liabilities and responsibilities and authority
  • fire prevention
  • fire inspections
  • arson
  • districts and divisions
Dutchess County Fire Department or Volunteers

Social Workers and Counselors
  • profession and development
  • abuse & neglect
  • homeless
  • mentally retarded and laws
  • alcohol and drug abuse
  • planned parenthood
  • abortion
  • teen pregnancy
  • elderly
  • juveniles and problems
  • foster care
  • juvenile detention centers
  • shelters
  • suicide
Dutchess County Department of Social Services

Doctors MD & Psych
  • liability
  • medical malpractice
  • AIDS
  • abortion
  • Planned Parenthood
  • therapy for mentally disturbed
  • suicide
  • mental health law
Hospital Administrators
  • patients rights

Pharmacists
  • drug prescriptions
Legislators & Executors - Dutchess County
  • water problems
  • garbage problems
  • Town Planning & Zoning
  • budget
  • attracting jobs
  • educational funding
  • preserving historical buildings
  • crime rates
  • availability of day care centers
  • "latch key" children
  • recycling
  • transportation
  • structures & procedures
  • campaign funding
Dutchess County Executive or Legislature
 Board of Elections
  • party affiliation
  • requirements and registration for voting
  • primaries and elections

Board of Education
  • policies and current issues
  • censorship
  • structure and election
  • education law
  • requirements for diplomas
  • budget allocations

Local Clerical
  • marriage
Business People
  • effect of law on business
  • real estate - law
  • apartment management and rentals (leases)
  • auto sales - rights and responsibilities
  • security and theft
  • Certified Public Accountant - tax law

Journalists
  • rights and responsibilities
  • purpose
  • profession